So who does not enjoy this time of year? College football on Saturday and NFL on Sunday. I don't know about ya'll but I like nothing more than grilling all weekend and watching the games. Unfortunately, this means I will probably spend too many hours on the sofa. Not good. So how do I reconcile? I make a game out of the game. Here is how that works:
- Pick a game -This can be any game that you plan on watching. I usually do this with the early games on Saturday and Sunday but it could be done at any time on any day for any sporting event.
- Make up your rules - This is the fun part. You can be creative. Start by assigning various moves and exercises to things that are likely to happen in the game. Example: 10 push ups for every first down, 20 lunges for every turnover, 10 burpees for every touchdown and 20 squats for every field goal. Another idea, this time for basketball, is do one burpee for every three pointer made. So on the first three you do one burpee, on the next made three you do two, on up until you are potentially doing twenty plus burpees on each make. It makes the ebb and flow of any sporting event much more exciting.
- Choose your sides - Another component can be added if you are watching a game with rival fans. For example, say you are watching the 49ers and the Cardinals tonight on Monday Night Football. You are an avid Cards fan while your buddy is a Niners fan. Set up the rules where one team doing well makes the other team's fan do work, i.e., Niners sack the QB, Cards fan does 10 burpees, etc. This can get ugly.
Jack
PS - The first time I tried this my rules were as follows: every touchdown we did 20 Kettle bell swings and 20 push ups and every field goal we did 20 lunges. We did this not with one game but while watching the NFL redzone, which shows all of the Sunday games. Needless to say, I underestimated the amount of scoring that happens in the NFL (there were 50 something touchdowns and 20 something field goals. . .)
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